Clashes between police and teachers leave teachers dead in Mexico

Mexico: Teachers refuse to back down after Oaxaca killings

Members of Mexican federal police clash with teachers holding a protest against planned education reforms and the arrest of two union leaders, in Oaxaca State, June 19, 2016. Sunday also saw clashes in the city port of Salina Cruz, also in Oaxaca ...

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http://cbsport.org/2016/06/mexico-teachers-refuse-to-back-down-after-oaxaca-killings/

 

Officials, union trade blame for deadly Mexico clashes

Mexican federal police clash with teachers during a protest against education reforms and the arrest of two of its leaders, in Oaxaca state on Sunday. The National Education Workers Coordinator (CNTE) union - considered a radical wing of a national union ...

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http://senegal-actu.com/2016/06/officials-union-trade-blame-for-deadly-mexico-clashes/

 

Clashes between teachers, police leave 8 dead in Mexico

where two high-profile union leaders were arrested last week, accused of corruption. Enrique Galindo, the head of Mexico's federal police, blamed "masked armed infiltrators" for much of the violence. No police were present. He said teachers were not ...

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http://tribumagazine.net/2016/06/clashes-between-teachers-police-leave-8-dead-in-mexico/

 

Mexico teachers protest: Six killed in Oaxaca clashes

The teachers were members of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), protesting in the southern state of Oaxaca, where two high-profile union leaders were arrested last week for money laundering and other charges. Six people died and more ...

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http://senegal-actu.com/2016/06/mexico-teachers-protest-six-killed-in-oaxaca-clashes/

 

Clashes between police and teachers leave six dead in Mexico

This weekend's clashes also come a week after the Oaxaca teachers promised revolt in response to the arrest of local leader Rubén Nuñez on money laundering charges. The radical CNTE teachers union led a mostly peaceful protest yesterday in Oaxaca's ...

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http://thevillagessuntimes.com/2016/06/30/clashes-between-police-and-teachers-leave-six-dead-in-mexico/

 

Bloody attack on teachers’ union leads to uprising in Mexico

A full-scale workers’ uprising in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has shut down transportation and businesses throughout the region. Access to an important oil refinery has been blocked. As of June 23, there were 21 highway blockades there. Oaxaca is an impoverished and mostly Indigenous state in Mexico’s rural south. In one small town, reports said, the air was heavy with the smell of burning tires on a strategic highway that leads from the neighboring state of Puebla to the state capital, Oaxaca de Juárez. The highway was blocked with burned-out cars, buses and trailers. Dozens of trailers waited in ...

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http://www.workers.org/2016/06/30/bloody-attack-on-teachers-union-leads-to-uprising-in-mexico/

 

Mexico teachers protest: Food airlifts to blockade-hit areas

The protesters oppose reforms that allow the federal authorities to remove teachers who fail evaluation exams ... roads in Oaxaca and other states ever since the union leaders were arrested in early June. The roadblocks have prevented food deliveries ...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36692269

 

Mexico teachers protest: Food airlifts to relieve Oaxaca blockade

The protesters oppose reforms that allow the federal authorities to remove teachers who fail evaluation exams ... roads in Oaxaca and other states ever since the union leaders were arrested in early June. The roadblocks have prevented food deliveries ...

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36692269

 

Mexico airlifts food to Oaxaca during teachers' protest

Members of the CNTE teacher's union have been blocking roads in Oaxaca and other states since union leaders were arrested in early June. Last month, eight people were killed in clashes between demonstrators and police in Oaxaca. The protesters oppose ...

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/07/02/Mexico-airlifts-food-to-Oaxaca-during-teachers-protest/4341467470793/

 

Mexico’s teachers conflict: How it all started

Nuñez is charged with money laundering. On June 19, Mexican police opened fire on protesters in the Oaxacan town of Nochixtlán, killing six. Oaxaca’s teachers once more found themselves leading a national movement against the whole Mexican goverment ...

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http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2016/07/mexicos-teachers-conflict-how-it-all-started/

 

Facing bullets and prison, Mexican teachers stand up to education reforms

On Sunday, 19 June, demonstrators blocked a highway - a common form of protest in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca - after the federal government arrested leaders of the state's teachers union. Heavily armed police then fired on teachers, students ...

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http://peoplesworld.org/facing-bullets-and-prison-mexican-teachers-stand-up-to-education-reforms/

 

Facing bullets and prison, Mexican teachers stand up to education reforms

On Sunday, 19 June, demonstrators blocked a highway - a common form of protest in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca - after the federal government arrested leaders of the state's teachers union. Heavily armed police then fired on teachers, students ...

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http://www.peoplesworld.org/facing-bullets-and-prison-mexican-teachers-stand-up-to-education-reforms/

 

Mexico lets teachers' union leaders out of jail on bail

Prosecutors arrested the two leaders in June and accused them of setting up an illegal financial network to fund protests and line their own pockets. The union effectively controlled the payroll of teachers in Oaxaca state. Union officials allegedly ...

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/12/mexico-lets-teachers-union-leaders-out-jail-on-bail.html

 

Mexico Lets Teachers Union Leaders out of Jail on Bail

Protest blockades by teachers and their supporters have blocked roads and rail lines for weeks, mainly in the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Michoacan, causing millions of dollars in losses for business and commerce. Prosecutors arrested the two leaders in ...

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-lets-teachers-union-leaders-jail-bail-41341143

 

Mexico lets teachers union leaders out of jail on bail

Protest blockades by teachers and their supporters have blocked roads and rail lines for weeks, mainly in the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Michoacan, causing millions of dollars in losses for business and commerce. Prosecutors arrested the two leaders in ...

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http://www.ctpost.com/news/education/article/Mexico-lets-teachers-union-leaders-out-of-jail-9139778.php

 

Mexico's Teachers Union Stand Up to Bullets and the Government

On Sunday, 19 June, demonstrators blocked a highway - a common form of protest in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca - after the federal government arrested leaders of the state's teachers union. Heavily armed police then fired on teachers, students ...

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http://antiracismdsa.blogspot.com/2016/08/mexicos-teachers-union-stand-up-to.html

 

The People and Teachers Unite Against the State and Neoliberalism in Oaxaca

Following the beginning of the strike this year, there were several police actions against teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico City and Chiapas; as well as the arrest of the Oaxaca union’s leadership. In response to police attacks, teachers in Oaxaca began ...

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https://fallingintoincandescence.com/2016/10/08/against-state-neoliberalism-oaxaca/

 

Oaxaca teachers speak in Philly on Indigenous struggle, labor

Teachers have been unjustly arrested and held in maximum security prisons far from their homes in Oaxaca. At the end of their presentation, Cano and Bojórquez called for more solidarity between all those who are fighting corporate exploitation of their ...

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http://www.workers.org/2016/11/22/oaxaca-teachers-speak-in-philly-on-indigenous-struggle-labor/